International Trade & Investment Law

Scott Sinclair, the author, is a senior research fellow with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, where he directs the centre’s Trade and Investment Research Project. This chapter dives into the talk with NAFTA partners and the effects of the discussions.

This book provides an overview of NAFTA and its successor the USCMA, explaining the theory behind the politics and economics of trade in North America. It offers an accessible and concise analysis of the key provisions, shortcomings and past revision efforts of the governments involved.

This book covers the major topics in the transition from the NAFTA to the USMCA from the 3 leading countries. The book also sheds light on the evolution of North American economic integration within the past three decades and reflects on the significance of the regional integration model represented by the NAFTA and now the USMCA.

Drawing from a December 2013 Hoover Institution conference on “NAFTA at 20,” this book brings together distinguished academics who have studied the effects of NAFTA with high-level policy makers to present a comprehensive view of the North American Free Trade Agreement. It looks at the conception, creation, outcomes so far, and the future of NAFTA from the perspective of economists, historians, and the aforementioned policy makers in the words of those who actually participated in the negotiations and research.

an ongoing, comprehensive, and regularly augmented collection of full-text awards and other important decisions issued under the Agreements investor-state arbitration provisions. The texts in the series are supplemented with expert synopses that offer a unique guide to emerging jurisprudence in the field.